We seem to be getting closer and closer to a situation where nobody is responsible for what they did but we are all responsible for what somebody else did.

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If we are to have a war with America, we will have no hope of winning unless the U.S. fleet in Hawaiian waters can be destroyed. - Isoroku Yamamoto

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Anyone who has seen the auto factories in Detroit and the oil fields in Texas knows that Japan lacks the national power for a naval race with America. - Isoroku Yamamoto

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Although a precise outlook on the international situation is hard for anyone to make, it is needless to say that now the time has come for the Navy, especially the Combined Fleet, to devote itself seriously to war preparations, training, and operational plans with a firm determination that a conflict with the U.S. and Great Britain is inevitable. -Isoroku Yamamoto

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A man is responsible for his ignorance.

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We are forever responsible for that which we have tamed.

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Japan has always regarded the aircraft carrier as one of the most offensive of armaments. -Isoroku Yamamoto

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Even a burglar hesitates to go back for more. - Isoroku Yamamoto

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The most important thing we have to do first of all in a war with the U.S., I firmly believe, is to fiercely attack and destroy the U.S. main fleet at the outset of the war so that the morale of the U.S. Navy and her people goes down to such an extent that it cannot be recovered. - Isoroku Yamamoto

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You cannot be responsible for some things that happen on earth. You may attempt to act, God alone will decide. Some things are mysteries! ― Israelmore Ayivor

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